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Tanzania: Cybercrimes Bill Enacted (June 15, 2015) It was reported recently that Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has signed into law the Cyber Crimes Bill, 2015. (Kikwete Signs Cybercrime Bill, PESA TIMES (May. 9, 2015).) As indicated in its “Objectives and Reasons” section, the legislation makes provision for “offences related to computer systems and Information Communication Technologies [as well as] […]

Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
Date: 2015-06-15

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Tanzania: Initiative to Amend Marriage Law (Aug. 28, 2008) It was reported on August 9, 2008, that several Tanzanian legislators are seeking to change laws and cultural practices that have a harmful impact on women. Dr. Gertrude Rwakatare, a Tanzanian MP, with the support of some of her colleagues, is set to change Tanzanian laws that “undermine the welfare of women.” […]

Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
Date: 2008-08-28

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Tanzania: New Law on Media Services (Nov. 15, 2016) Tanzania’s legislature passed the Media Services Act, 2016, on November 5, 2016. (Tanzania: MPs Endorse Media Services Bill, ALL AFRICA (Nov. 6, 2016).) The text had been published as a bill in the country’s Gazette on August 26. (Media Services Act, 2016, 97 GAZETTE OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA (Aug. 26, […]

Contributor: Johnson, Constance
Date: 2016-11-15

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Tanzania: Workers' Compensation Act (Nov. 21, 2008) On November 4, 2008, Tanzania's National Assembly approved amendments to the Workers' Compensation Act. In particular, the revisions are aimed at assisting employees who become disabled or die as a result of employment-related injuries, thereby remedying flaws in article 263 of the Act that had led to some employees being deprived of […]

Contributor: Zeldin, Wendy
Date: 2008-11-21

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Tanzania: Government to Bail Out Distressed Companies (June 16, 2009) It was reported on June 11, 2009, that Tanzania is gearing up to bail out companies hard hit by the global financial slowdown. In a speech to lawmakers and elders, Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete stated that the Tanzanian government has already allocated TZS1.7 trillion (about US$1.3 billion) in the budget to compensate […]

Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
Date: 2009-06-16

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Tanzania: New Law on Human DNA (Apr. 29, 2009) Tanzania's National Assembly passed a bill on April 22, 2009, that will make it possible to administer and regulate application of DNA technology in the country. According to David Msakyusa, the Minister for Health and Social Welfare, the Human DNA Law will make it possible for the government to control existing institutions […]

Contributor: Johnson, Constance
Date: 2009-04-29

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Tanzania; United Nations: Protection Needed for Albinos (Sept. 8, 2014) On August 25, 2014, the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) questioned the method adopted by the Government of Tanzania to protect children with albinism. The government has placed children with the condition in state-run care centers, to protect them from being targeted by those who believe […]

Contributor: Johnson, Constance
Date: 2014-09-08

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Tanzania: Parliament Passes Non-Citizens Employment Act (Apr. 28, 2015) Tanzania’s 357-member unicameral Parliament recently passed the Non-Citizens (Employment Regulation) Act, which, as its name indicates, is aimed at regulating the employment of non-citizens in the country. (Foreign Workers Face Tougher Times in Dar, TRADE MARK (Mar. 23, 2015).) According to Gaudentia M. Kabaka, the Minister of Labour and Employment and the […]

Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
Date: 2015-04-28

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Tanzania: Law on Child Rights Enacted in Zanzibar (Sept. 1, 2011) On August 25, 2011, Dr. Ali Mohamed Shein, the President of Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous island region in the United Republic of Tanzania, signed into law a comprehensive children's rights law. (Shane Keenan, Children's Act Provides New Tools for Protecting Child Rights in Zamzibar [sic], UNICEF (Aug. 25, 2011).) The Act is said […]

Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
Date: 2011-09-01

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Tanzania: New Bill To Regulate Political Parties' Finances (Jan. 22, 2010) It was reported on January 17, 2010, that the Tanzanian government hass been preparing to propose a bill, The Election Expenses Act, 2009, to regulate the funding of political parties. (Bill to Control Funding of Dar Political Parties, EASTAFRICAN, Jan. 17, 2010, available at, http://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/news/-/2558/844096/-/pwepihz/-/index.html.) The current language of the Bill provides […]

Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
Date: 2010-01-22

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Africa: Draft HIV Law for East African Community (Dec. 9, 2009) The East African Community (EAC) is drafting a law to provide a joint, regional response to HIV AIDS treatment for persons as they move freely across EAC Member States' borders. The EAC, headquartered in Arusha, Tanzania, comprises Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. A consultancy group's report, based on a study of […]

Contributor: Zeldin, Wendy
Date: 2009-12-09

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Burundi; Rwanda: Possible Switch of Legal Tradition (June 4, 2009) Rwanda/Burundi: Possible Switch of Legal Tradition It was reported on June 2, 2009, that as part of establishing an East African political federation, which will also include the rest of the East African Community (EAC) Member States – Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, whose legal systems are based on the common law tradition […]

Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
Date: 2009-06-04

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Rwanda: Former Mayor Convicted for Crimes Committed During the 1994 Genocide (Nov. 18, 2011) On November 17, 2011, the Tanzania-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR (last visited Nov. 17, 2011)) convicted Gregoire Ndahimana, former mayor of Kivumu commune, Kibuye prefecture, of crimes committed during the 1994 Rwanda genocide. (UN Court Convicts Former Rwandan Mayor of Genocide, REUTERS (Nov. 17, 2011).) The prosecutor had indicted Ndahimana […]

Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
Date: 2011-11-18

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Rwanda: Former Official to Be Tried for Genocide (Mar. 2, 2008) Callixte Nzabonimana, who had been Minister of Youth and Sports in Rwanda in 1994, was arrested on February 19, 2008, in Kigoma, Tanzania. He was sent the next day to Arusha, the location of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), where he will be tried for his role in the 1994 […]

Contributor: Johnson, Constance
Date: 2008-03-02

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East African Community; Kenya; Uganda: Lawyers Sue over Rights Violations (June 10, 2011) In late May 2011, lawyers from the East Africa Law Society (EALS) filed several suits with the East African Court of Justice in Arusha, Tanzania, against the Kenyan and Ugandan governments and the East African Community (EAC). (Zephania Ubwani, Kenya and Uganda Govts Sued in Arusha, THE CITIZEN (May 31, 2011).) The […]

Contributor: Johnson, Constance
Date: 2011-06-10

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United Nations: Mandate of Tribunals on Rwanda and Balkans War Crimes Extended (Jan. 15, 2010) On December 16, 2009, the United Nations Security Council extended until the end of 2012 the mandates of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY, in the Hague) and for Rwanda (ICTR, in Arusha, Tanzania). Previously, the two bodies had until June 30, 2010, for appeals procedures to be concluded […]

Contributor: Zeldin, Wendy
Date: 2010-01-15

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United Nations: Anti-Piracy Agreement Signed (Feb. 5, 2009) Nine countries in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea region have signed a Code of Conduct designed to increase cooperation against the piracy off the coast of Somalia. Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Maldives, Seychelles, Somalia, Tanzania, and Yemen have agreed to work together to seize, investigate, and prosecute pirates operating in the […]

Contributor: Johnson, Constance
Date: 2009-02-05

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Rwanda: ICTR Convicts Ex-Minister for Crimes Committed During 1994 Rwandan Genocide (June 6, 2012) On May 31, 2012, Trial Chamber III of the Arusha, Tanzania, based International Criminal Court for Rwanda (ICTR) (ICTR website (last visited May 31, 2012)), convicted Callixte Nzabonimana on various charges for crimes he committed during the April through June 1994 Rwandan genocide, and it sentenced him to life in prison. (Callixte […]

Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
Date: 2012-06-06

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International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: Former Governor Found Guilty (July 16, 2009) On July 14, 2009, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, located in Arusha, Tanzania, convicted Tharcisse Renzaho for his part in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Renzhao had been the prefect of Kigalia-Ville, the Rwandan capital region, and a colonel in the Rwandan military; he will now serve a life sentence. The three-judge […]

Contributor: Johnson, Constance
Date: 2009-07-16

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Rwanda: ICTR Convicts Former High Ranking Rwandan Officers (May 20, 2011) On May 17, 2011, the Tanzania-based International Criminal Court for Rwanda (ICTR) convicted four former high-ranking officers in the Rwandan army and police: Augustin Bizimungu (former chief of staff of the Rwandan Army), Augustin Ndindiliyimana (former chief of staff of Gendarmerie nationale, a force that replaced the Rwandan police as the enforcer […]

Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
Date: 2011-05-20

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Burundi: Opposition Leader Detained, Released; Election Aid Suspended Before Military Coup (May 13, 2015) On May 6, 2015, Burundian opposition leader Audifax Ndabitoreye was arrested by authorities on charges of insurrection. He had just met with ministers of the East African Community (EAC), a regional inter-governmental organization comprised of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. (Bradley McAllister, Burundi Police Arrest Opposition Leader for Insurrection After Meeting […]

Contributor: Johnson, Constance
Date: 2015-05-13

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Malawi: President Announces Plan to Protect Albinos (Apr. 2, 2015) On March 19, 2015, Malawi’s President Peter Mutharika announced a plan to protect the albinos in the county. There have been 15 cases of albinos abducted and killed across several countries already this year. Albino individuals have long been preyed on in some African nations, including neighboring Tanzania as well as Malawi, […]

Contributor: Johnson, Constance
Date: 2015-04-02

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Burundi/East African Court of Justice: Case Brought on President's Legitimacy (June 16, 2016) On June 13, 2016, it was announced that the East African Court of Justice (EACJ), which is located in Arusha, Tanzania, will hear a case on the legitimacy of the President of Burundi’s third run for office. (Burundi: East African Court of Justice to Hear Case Against Burundi President’s Legitimacy, BBC WORLD […]

Contributor: Johnson, Constance
Date: 2016-06-16

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Rwanda: Former Minister Convicted of Crimes Committed During 1994 Genocide (June 27, 2011) On June 24, 2011, the Tanzania-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) convicted Pauline Nyiramasuhuko, Rwanda's former Minister for Family Affairs and Women's Development, of crimes committed in the Butare Prefecture during the 1994 genocide. (Fumbuka Ng'wanakilala, Woman Minister Guilty of Genocide in Rwanda, REUTERS (June 24, 2011).) The ICTR prosecutor brought […]

Contributor: Goitom, Hanibal
Date: 2011-06-27

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